---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restore Water Quality in Jordan Reservoir."
description: "Restore Water Quality in Jordan Reservoir."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 239"
citation: "North Carolina HB 239 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "JORDAN LAKE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Gibson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bd6fd07-7f87-4a6a-a076-875eee542052"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H239&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8d3182109c01d672a19c315fc9dd431864d9b1298913ecd162de4efcaa00b7b1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 239 (2009) — Restore Water Quality in Jordan Reservoir.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H239v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Gibson — primary (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-216 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-23** Ratified
- **2009-06-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2009
- **2009-06-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2009
- **2009-06-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2009-02-23** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bd6fd07-7f87-4a6a-a076-875eee542052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).